Deck-cleat.



H. W. YOUNG.

DECK CLE AT. APPLICATION FILED APR-30.1917- RENEWED JAN. 3|. 1919.

Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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DECK-CLEAT.

Application filed April To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY W. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVhit/ehall, in the county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Deck-Cleats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for winding and fastening ropes, cables, hawsers, etc., on marine vessels, and its object is to rovide a device of this kind in the nature of or cleat which is mounted so that it may be slid out of the way flush with the deck when not in use.

The object stated is attained by means of a. novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view showing the application of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; 7

Fi g. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1

Fig. 41 is a horizontal l-l of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of a seat to be described hereinafter.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10 denotes the deck of a vessel having an opening over which is mounted and secured a base plate 11 having fastened to its under side a heavier plate 12 from which depend two tubular housings 13 for cleats or belaying pins 14, two of which. latter are shown, but as they are alike, a description of one sufiices for both.

The pin or cleat 14: is tubular and seats slidablv in the housing 13. The upper portion of the pin is redu ed in diameter as shown at 141*, around'which the rope, cable or the like is wound, and has a head 14 which seats in an opening 15 in the plate 11, the head and the edge of the opening in which it seats being rounded to obtain a tight fit.

The housing 13 has a lateral extension 16, the inside of which provides a longitudinal key-way or groove 17 the upper f 18 of section on the line hal which is stepped outward to a greater depth. Near the bottom of the groove a notch 19 is made in its inner wall, and the bottom of the Specification of Letters latent.

fasteners securing the Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

30, 1917, Serial No. 165,470. Renewed January 31,1919. Serial No. 274,383.

housing has an opening 20 for drainage of any water which may enter.

The side of the pin ke or feather 21 which lies in the groove 17, thereby preventing the pin from turning during its sliding movement.

On the inside of the pin 14: is mounted a latch dog 22, the same being pivoted as shown at 2 and projecting sidewise from the housing to enter the notch 19. To the inner end of the latch dog is connected a chain or other suitable actuating device 23 loosely positionedinside the pin and extending to the top thereof where it is fastened to a stopper 24 closing the upper end of the pin. This stopper is dished and has a depending stem 25 to which the chain is fas tened in any suitable manner. 'The upper end of the longitudinal opening or hole of the pin is enlarged to accommodate the stopper and provide a seat 26 therefor, said seat being concave to conform to the convex form of the stopper. The head 14 and the stopper 24: carried thereby are flush with the plate 11. The concave top side of the stopper has a transverse partition 27 forming a finger hold to facilitate lifting the stopper off its seat.

The pin 14:, when not in use, is down in f-l'ic housing 13, and when it is desired to use the same it is elevated until it rises from the deck 10 as shown dotted in Fig. 3. This is done by first lifting the stopper 24: and by means of the latter drawing on the chain 23 to swing the latch dog 22, which slightly raises the pin until the dog slips out of the notch 19. A continued upward pull on the hain elevates the pin from the housing, the pin being withdrawn until the dog is opposite the groove 18. The stopper 24 is now released, which lets the dog swing back into the groove 18 to engage the shoulder 28 at the junction of said groove with the groove 17. whereby the pin is held elevated and prevented from dropping down back into the housing. A slight tug on the stopper 24 disengages the latch dog from the shoulder, whereupon the pin may be' allowed to slide back into the housing to again come flush with the deck plate 11.

In order to take the device apart, the

plates 11 and 12 together are removed. The plate 11 may then be lifted. taking both pins alone after they are released or unlatched as hereinbefore described. To separate the pins from the 14: has a longitudinal retain the pin in plate 11, they are turned until the keys 21 come in line with recesses 29 in the rim of the seat 15 diametrically opposite the grooves 17 and -18. By this location ofthe recesses the pins cannot be entirely withdrawnwhen they are elevated into position for use.

I claim:

1. The combination of a tubular havingan internal vided with a shoulder intermediate its ends, a pin seating in the housing and slidable to project therefrom, said pin having a key seating in the groove, and a latch for locking the pin in the housing, said latch being enhousing gagea'ble' with the aforesaid shoulder when the pin is withdrawn from the housing to retain the pin in withdrawn position. 2. The combination of a tubular housing having an internal longitudinal groove provided with a shoulder intermediate its ends, a pin seating in the housing and slidable to project therefrom, said pin having a key seating in the groove, a latch for locking the pin in the housing, said latch being ongageable with the aforesaid shoulder when the pin is withdrawn from the housing to withdrawn position, said a stopper closing the upand an operating connection between the stopper and the latch.

3. The combination of a base plate, a depending tu'bular housing carried by the base plate, said plate'having an opening over the ousing, andthe housing having an internal longitudinal groove provided with a shoulder intermediate'i ts ends, a pin seating in pin being hollow, per end of the pin,

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longitudinal groove prothe housing and slidable to the housing and slidable 'to' project therefrom, said pin having a key seating in the groove and provided with a head seating in the opening of the base plate, the Wall of said opening having a recess which is out of alinement with the aforesaid groove, and a latch for locking the pin in the housing, said latch being engageable with the aforesaid shoulder when the pin' is withdrawn from the housing to retain the pin in with drawn position.

4. The combination of a base plate, a de pending tubular housing carried by the base plate, saidpla-telmving an openingover the housing, and the housing having an internal longitudinal groove provided with a shoulder intermediate-its ends, a pin seating in project therefrom, said pin having a key seating in the groove and provided with a head seating in the opening of the base plate, the wallof said opening having alinement with the aforesaid groove, and a latch for locking the pin in the housing, said latch being engageable with the aforesaid shoulder when the pin is withdrawn from the housing .to retain the pin in with drawn position, the aforesaid pin being hollow and the head thereof having a seat communicating with the interior of the pin, a stopper engaging said seat, and an operating connection between the stopper and the latch. V g V In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY w. YOUNG.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. Q.

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